JUDGMENT

Per G.S. Ahluwalia J. - This Criminal Appeal under Section 374 of Cr.P.C. has been filed against the judgment and sentence dated 4-4-2019 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Pichhore, Distt. Shivpuri in S.T. No.106/2016, by which the appellants have been convicted and sentenced for offence under Section 302/34 of I.P.C. and have been awarded Life Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 500/- in default 3 months R.I.

2. It is not of place to mention here that FIR was lodged against four persons and the present appellants namely Balram and Ramjilal were absconding and were arrested on 5-10-2016 and a separate trial has been conducted, whereas the remaining two co-accused persons namely Govind Das and Gudda @ Rameshwar were tried in S.T. No. 106/2009 and by judgment and sentence dated 23-2-2010 passed by Add. Sessions Judge, Pichhore, Distt. Shivpuri they too have been convicted for offence under Section 302/34 of IPC and have been awarded Life Imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2000/- in default 6 months R.I. Govind Das and Gudda had also filed Cr.A. No. 227 of 2010, which has also been heard along with this Criminal Appeal.

3. Since, the co-accused Govind Das and Gudda @ Rameshwar were tri